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British Millionaire’s Daughter Laura Johnson Jailed

Friday, May 25th, 2012

Laura Johnson convicted of burglary in London riots.

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British Millionaire’s Daughter Laura Johnson Jailed

VIDEO: Boris sworn in as London Mayor

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

Mr Johnson, who was running for the Conservatives, narrowly beat Labour’s Ken Livingstone, ending a long-running rivalry.

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Johnson ‘to work his socks off’

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

Boris Johnson says he will “work his socks off’ as he was sworn in for his second term as London mayor.

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VIDEO: Boris re-elected London mayor

Friday, May 4th, 2012

Boris Johnson has won the London Mayoral election, beating close rival Ken Livingstone.

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Boris ahead amid London delays

Friday, May 4th, 2012

London Mayor Boris Johnson hopes to defy disappointing Conservative results and retain the job – but the result is delayed after two ballot boxes of uncounted votes are found.

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Davey Johnson creates clear roles for Nationals reserves

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Thursday night, after the Washington Nationals had abandoned hope for the first time this season, Manager Davey Johnson wanted to give Jayson Werth a rest. With the Nationals trailing by six runs in the seventh inning, Werth could sit without worrying what it would cost the Nationals. Read full article > >

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LBJ and a Fateful Day in Dallas

Monday, March 26th, 2012

Traced by Johnson biographer Robert Caro.

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LBJ and a Fateful Day in Dallas

Johnson ‘will block third runway’

Monday, March 26th, 2012

London Mayor Boris Johnson insists he will not allow a third runway to be built at Heathrow airport, amid reports the idea could be back on the table.

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U.S. men’s soccer team stuns Italy in friendly, 1-0

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

I’m watching on Daniel Island, S.C., not in Genoa, so I won’t clutter your viewing experience with my minute-by-minute take. Instead, here’s a half-by-half breakdown. U.S. lineup (4-2-3-1) : Howard; Cherundolo, Goodson, Bocanegra, Johnson (Spector 77th); Bradley, Edu; Williams, Dempsey, Shea (Kljestan 73rd); Altidore (Boyd 79th). Read full article > >

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Rejected U.S. Hip Implants Sold Abroad

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Johnson & Johnson didn’t release FDA rejection.

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Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool

Sunday, November 20th, 2011

Glen Johnson scores a late winner as Liverpool inflict a second consecutive home defeat on Chelsea.

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Liberians urged to ignore boycott

Saturday, November 5th, 2011

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says the second round of the presidential election will go ahead on Tuesday despite the withdrawal of her only challenger.

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GSA head: We are having ‘our stomach stapled’

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

Most federal agencies are preparing to do more with less, but the head of the General Services Administration has a more direct way of describing Washington’s austere nature. While the government has been asked to go on a budgetary “diet” before, “Today we the government are having our stomach stapled,” GSA Administrator Martha Johnson said Monday. Read full article > >

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Redskins continue their search for stability at quarterback

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

The line from Joe Theismann’s last season as the Washington Redskins ’ quarterback to John Beck’s first start in that role on Sunday is looping and squiggly, a toddler’s scribble on the paper placemat in a diner. It connects Super Bowl winners ( Doug Williams , Mark Rypien) to past-their-prime stars (Mark Brunell, Donovan McNabb ) to Pro Bowlers (Rypien, Jay Schroeder, Gus Frerotte , Brad Johnson) to first-round picks (Heath Shuler, Patrick Ramsey , Jason Campbell) to vagabond veterans (Rex Grossman, Tony Banks) to geez-do-you-remember-him characters (Rob Johnson, John Friesz, so many others). Every single classification of quarterback is represented, except one: the franchise guy. Read full article > >

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Tomas Transtomer, Swedish poet, wins Nobel laureate in literature

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

The Swedish Academy selected a Swedish poet on Thursday as the winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, a development likely to elicit two reactions from American readers: Who? And huh? Tomas Transtromer , 80, joined a long list of lesser-known writers who have won the award and its $1.45 million prize since the Nobel committee began handing it out in 1901. In addition to authors familiar to every American schoolchild — Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck — the award has gone to several Swedes over the years, including Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson , who shared the award in 1974. That Johnson and Martinson were members of the Swedish Academy, the 18-person committee that selects the literature prize, raised a few eyebrows. Read full article > >

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